Global Patent Index - EP 1750233 A3

EP 1750233 A3 20070905 - Multi-play poker apparatus and games with bonus feature

Title (en)

Multi-play poker apparatus and games with bonus feature

Title (de)

Pokerspielgerät mit mehreren Spielvarianten und Spielen mit Bonusmerkmal

Title (fr)

Machine de poker multi-jeux et jeux à bonus

Publication

EP 1750233 A3 20070905 (EN)

Application

EP 06254030 A 20060801

Priority

US 19555805 A 20050801

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2006194628A1] Methods and apparatus for playing multi-play poker games are disclosed. The games include a bonus wager feature in which the player makes a wager that at least a minimum number of hands in the multi-play poker game will have a predetermined minimum poker hand ranking. For example, if ten hands are played in the multi-play poker game, the player may wager $1.00 that at least four of the ten hands will have a ranking of a pair of jacks or better. The pay table for the bonus wager feature may take the form of an array of rows and columns, rows representing poker hand rankings (including the minimum poker hand ranking) and columns headed by integers representing a number of hands between the minimum number of hands (M) and the total number of hands (N) in the multi-play poker game, with the entries in the array being payout multiplies that are applied to the bonus wager if the player has the number of hands with the associated poker hand ranking.

IPC 8 full level

G07F 17/32 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A63F 1/00 (2013.01 - EP US); A63F 3/00157 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/32 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/3293 (2013.01 - EP US); A63F 2001/005 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA HR MK YU

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2006194628 A1 20060831; AU 2006202449 A1 20070215; AU 2006202449 B2 20080320; CA 2549395 A1 20070201; EP 1750233 A2 20070207; EP 1750233 A3 20070905

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 19555805 A 20050801; AU 2006202449 A 20060608; CA 2549395 A 20060531; EP 06254030 A 20060801